Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes...

[seriousfic]

Slavery stripped blacks of almost every possible form of identity. National, familial, religious, and tribal identity were completely wiped due to the slave trade. At that point, what history do you have left? Not much of one, right? What do you do when you don’t have a past?

You embrace the future.

I can’t speak to the specifics of Afro Futurism, but it’s a common trait amongst a lot of black thought. Boiled down, it’s all about being more than what you are, because what you aren’t isn’t that much at all. We aren’t slaves– we’re kings and queens. We came here on slave ships, but we’re gonna leave on space ships. - David Brothers.

Afro Futurism, you say?



I'll show myself out.

Comments

[black13.livejournal.com]

That's a very visible bulge over his belt, for an action hero. :D

[brethlessm.livejournal.com]

*snort*